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Released: 8-Jul-2021 3:00 PM EDT
From Satellite to Smartphone, App Warns Public of Unsafe Water
University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island College of Engineering Professor Ali Shafqat Akanda and a team of researchers have developed an application for smartphones called CholeraMap to serve as an early warning device for cholera.

   
Released: 15-Jun-2021 2:20 PM EDT
Neuroscience Scholarship Dedicated to Golf Journalist Tim Rosaforte ’77
University of Rhode Island

The University of Rhode Island has established an endowed scholarship for undergraduates in the field of neuroscience. The scholarship is named in honor of James Tim Rosaforte III ’77, an accomplished sports journalist and author well known in the world of professional golf. Rosaforte retired last year after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, following a distinguished 40-year career in newspapers and television.

   
Released: 17-May-2021 2:25 PM EDT
URI students learn about animal behavior by training chickens to perform tasks
University of Rhode Island

Each of the 13 students in URI Assistant Professor Justin Richard’s class is assigned a chicken and is instructed to train it to do several required behaviors, as well as other behaviors the students choose themselves. All train the birds to understand that when they hear a clicker, a food reward will be delivered. They also train the birds to peck at a target. Some students are also training their chickens to get on a scale to be weighed, identify a particular color, or jump through a hoop.

Released: 17-May-2021 9:40 AM EDT
URI professor plays prominent role in development of PBS Kids’ show Elinor Wonders Why
University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island Professor of Education Sara Sweetman helped build the foundation for success of PBS Kids show Elinor Wonders Why™ among others

Released: 12-May-2021 11:50 AM EDT
Compact deployment system makes exploring deep seas easier
University of Rhode Island

The answers to many of life’s mysteries have been discovered far below the surface of the seas. However, getting to those depths has not been easy. Thanks to a new fiber optic reel system invented by Brennan Phillips, an assistant professor of ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island, deep-sea exploration is about to get much more affordable and accessible.

Released: 7-May-2021 12:00 PM EDT
New data provides clearer picture of historic volcano collapse
University of Rhode Island

Data collected by University of Rhode Island Professor Stéphan Grilli and his colleagues will appear in Nature Communications, which is considered one of the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journals.

Released: 13-Apr-2021 4:05 AM EDT
URI Board of Trustees names Monash provost, senior vice president Marc Parlange next University of Rhode Island president
University of Rhode Island

The Board of Trustees of the University of Rhode Island has announced the selection of Professor Marc B. Parlange, provost and senior vice president of Monash University in Australia, as URI’s 12th president. He will succeed David M. Dooley, who joined URI in July 2009 and has overseen the transformation of URI into a leading research institution with a growing recognition of programs of distinction. Parlange’s appointment is effective Aug. 1.

Released: 12-Mar-2021 8:30 AM EST
‘Smart Bandage’ detects, could prevent infections
University of Rhode Island

URI chemical engineering professor embeds nanosensors in microfibers to create ‘smart bandage’

Released: 11-Mar-2021 12:30 PM EST
URI, Rensselaer collaborate on fast, accurate test with potential of verifying purity of pharmaceutical heparin
University of Rhode Island

Researchers from the University of Rhode Island and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have teamed up to perfect a fast, accurate test combining the use of a solid-state nanopore and machine learning to verify the identity and purity of synthetic heparan sulfate

   
Released: 11-Mar-2021 11:10 AM EST
Kinesiology study uses motion capture technology to examine ‘swimmer’s shoulder’
University of Rhode Island

Graduate students Tabatha Hartshorn and Kendra Graham aim to prevent, treat repetitive motion injuries, especially in swimmers

   
Released: 18-Dec-2020 2:55 PM EST
Computer science professor exploring log-in solutions for people with upper extremity impairment
University of Rhode Island

Backed by a three-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, URI Prof. Krishna Venkatasubramanian is researching computer authentication problems faced by people with upper extremity impairment with a goal of developing software that allows users to more easily access their devices. Venkatasubramanian is collaborating with TechACCESS of Rhode Island, which provides assistive technology services for people with disabilities.

Released: 30-Nov-2020 4:30 PM EST
Efficient In-person voting observed by URI VOTES research team
University of Rhode Island

The 2020 election is all but complete, but a team of researchers at the University of Rhode Island is still crunching the numbers – not the number of votes, but the statistics used to determine the efficiency of in-person voting in Rhode Island, Nebraska and Los Angeles.

Released: 25-Jun-2020 9:05 PM EDT
URI engineering professor helping ALS patients use their brains to communicate
University of Rhode Island

Doug Sawyer was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, 11 years ago.

   
Released: 11-Jun-2020 3:05 PM EDT
URI Anthropology Professor Challenges Evolutionary Narratives of Big, Competitive Men and Broad, Birthing Women
University of Rhode Island

Poring over decades of existing research, University of Rhode Island Professor Holly Dunsworth has reevaluated and rewritten the narrow, reigning theories for sex differences in height and pelvic width in a new paper, “Expanding the evolutionary explanations for sex differences in the human skeleton.” The paper, published online by the journal Evolutionary Anthropology, maps out the critical role of estrogen production on bone growth in men and women.

Released: 11-Jun-2020 3:05 PM EDT
Courageous journalists: URI’s Taricani Lecture Series honors late journalist with discussion on First Amendment
University of Rhode Island

The University of Rhode Island’s Harrington School of Communication and Media hosts the Taricani Lecture Series on First Amendment Rights. The series, which will be streamed live, opens Tuesday, June 16, with award-winning journalists and authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The three-part, virtual lecture series honors the memory of veteran Rhode Island newsman Jim Taricani, who died June 21, 2019, at the age of 69.

Released: 11-May-2020 2:15 PM EDT
URI appoints NASA scientist to lead Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. – MAY 11, 2020 – The University of Rhode has announced the appointment of NASA scientist Paula S. Bontempi as dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography. An alumna of GSO and a biological oceanographer for more than 25 years, Bontempi joins URI from the Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate of NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.

Released: 24-Apr-2020 3:25 PM EDT
URI study finds PBS KIDS Series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!™ boosts preschoolers’ understanding of science, engineering
University of Rhode Island

A study led by the University of Rhode Island has found that preschool children who interacted with multimedia learning materials created for the PBS KIDS show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!™ provided opportunities to learn about science for all participating children.

Released: 28-Feb-2020 10:55 AM EST
URI computer science professor developing app to help people with intellectual disabilities report abuse
University of Rhode Island

Krishna Venkatasubramanian, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Rhode Island, is looking for a way to help through technology. Venkatasubramanian has teamed with the Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission to develop an app-based tool to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities better report sexual abuse.

Released: 20-Feb-2020 1:25 PM EST
University of Rhode Island Announces URI Online degree and certificate programs
University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. — February 20, 2020, — The University of Rhode Island has announced a new degree and certificate initiative, URI Online, which provides students and professionals access to a URI education anywhere and anytime across the globe. URI Online offers fully-online undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs designed to meet the global challenges of today’s workforce and the needs of tomorrow’s professionals.

Released: 6-Jan-2020 11:50 AM EST
University of Rhode Island, BayCare and Butler Hospital team up to test retinal scanning for early detection of Alzheimer's disease
University of Rhode Island

The five-year, $5 million Atlas of Retinal Imaging in Alzheimer’s Study (ARIAS) is sponsored by BayCare Health System’s Morton Plant Hospital and St. Anthony’s Hospital and funded largely by Morton Plant Mease Health Care Foundation and St. Anthony’s Hospital Foundation in Pinellas County, Florida.

   
Released: 12-Dec-2019 1:30 PM EST
URI chemistry professor wins innovation award for ‘game-changing’ work on single-molecule sensing
University of Rhode Island

Jason Dwyer, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Rhode Island, has won an internationally recognized Innovation Award for his advancements in single-molecule nanopore sensing from the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies at its annual SciX Conference in Palm Springs, California, in October.

Released: 6-Nov-2019 2:30 PM EST
World's most expensive spice (saffron) favors Rhode Island growing conditions according to URI researchers
University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. – November 6, 2019 – Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice, selling for about $5,000 per pound at wholesale rates, and 90 percent of the global saffron harvest comes from Iran. But University of Rhode Island agriculture researchers have found that Ocean State farms have the potential to get a share of the market as demand for saffron in the United States grows.

Released: 24-Jul-2019 8:05 AM EDT
University of Rhode Island leads $3 million collaborative research project on ‘Rules of Life’
University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. – July 24, 2019 – The University of Rhode Island is leading a team that has been awarded a $3 million 5-year collaborative research grant from the National Science Foundation as part of its investment in 10 Big Ideas to serve the nation’s future. Funded through NSF’s Understanding the Rules of Life: Epigenetics program, researchers will work to better understand how changes in nutrition and energy through symbiosis can influence epigenetic changes in corals, and what it may mean for coral ecology.

Released: 17-Jul-2019 3:05 PM EDT
URI professor, geneticists refute widespread racist analogy comparing human races to dog breeds
University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island anthropology professor Holly Dunsworth and four geneticists refute a common analogy comparing dog breeds with human races in a peer-reviewed, scholarly paper published by the online journal Evolution: Education and Outreach.

   
Released: 29-May-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Ocean and space exploration blend at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rhode Island

Scientists with a NASA-led expedition are operating from the Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography as colleagues explore the deep Pacific Ocean to prepare to search for life in deep space.

   
Released: 23-May-2019 12:45 PM EDT
URI demographer addresses federal report on decline in U.S. birthrate
University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island Professor of Sociology Melanie Brasher, who earned her master’s and Ph.D. in sociology from Duke University, is a demographer who is fascinated by the topic of birthrate. Brasher, an expert in population aging who has also conducted research on unintended births and health, addressed several questions on the CDC findings – factors behind the decline, possible concerns for the future, and the historical significance of the decline.

Released: 21-May-2019 12:05 PM EDT
URI history professor Joëlle Rollo-Koster is an expert on the papacy, French culture, medieval history, Game of Thrones
University of Rhode Island

Rollo-Koster is the author of eight books on the papacy. She was interviewed by a number of media outlets following the fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and was featured in a Time.com story in the spring of 2019 about Game of Thrones.

Released: 6-May-2019 8:05 PM EDT
NOAA announces new $94 million ocean exploration institute led by University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I., – May 6, 2019 – The University of Rhode Island will lead a new $94 million consortium to support ocean exploration, responsible resource management, improved scientific understanding of the deep sea and strengthen the nation’s Blue Economy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today.

Released: 30-Apr-2019 12:05 PM EDT
URI biologist, colleagues warn of peril from biological invasions as White House proposes to halve funding
University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. – April 30, 2019 – As the Trump Administration prepares to cut in half the budget for the National Invasive Species Council, a group of invasive species experts led by a University of Rhode Island professor has issued a warning about the growing peril of biological invasions and the increasing threat they pose to the economy, environment, public health and national security.

   
Released: 17-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Media Advisory: URI students depart April 18 for six-day oceanographic research expedition
University of Rhode Island

Student research trip aboard R/V Endeavor, notice of media availability and remote interview capabilities

Released: 12-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
URI History Professor Uses ‘Game of Thrones’ to Help Students Understand Medieval History
University of Rhode Island

Like “Star Wars,” URI Professor Joelle Rollo-Koster has used “GOT” in class to explain aristocratic feuds of 12th and 13th century France and England, including this semester in Western Europe in the High Middle Ages. Simply, she wonders if students’ ability to follow the labyrinth of shifting alliances in “Game of Thrones” can be transferred to following the dynastic intricacies of medieval Europe.

Released: 1-Apr-2019 2:05 PM EDT
URI Researcher Calculates Temperature Inside Moon to Help Reveal Its Inner Structure
University of Rhode Island

Little is known about the inner structure of the moon, but a major step forward was made by a University of Rhode Island scientist who conducted experiments that enabled her to determine the temperature at the boundary of the moon’s core and mantle.

Released: 25-Mar-2019 12:00 PM EDT
URI Professor’s Book Reveals World of Migrant Dairy Workers Who Are ‘Milking in the Shadows’
University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island Professor Julie Keller's book, “Milking in the Shadows,” published in January by Rutgers University Press and the first book in its Inequality at Work series, looks at the Mexican migrants’ journeys from villages in Veracruz to dairy farms in the Upper Midwest.

Released: 13-Feb-2019 9:50 AM EST
URI nursing study shows benefits of delayed umbilical cord clamping on brain development in healthy babies
University of Rhode Island

A five-minute delay in the clamping of healthy infants’ umbilical cords results in increased iron stores and brain myelin in areas important for early-life functional development, a new University of Rhode Island nursing study has found.

   
Released: 31-Jan-2019 1:05 PM EST
URI history professor leading international team compiling a history of the papacy
University of Rhode Island

Joëlle Rollo-Koster, a history professor at the University of Rhode Island, is heading an international team of scholars that is creating a landmark work on the history of the papacy commissioned by Cambridge University Press.

Released: 29-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST
URI Ocean Engineering Students Use 3D Printing to Make Part at Sea
University of Rhode Island

Four University of Rhode Island ocean engineering students demonstrated that they not only could keep a 3D printer level while at sea, but they could replicate a piece of equipment that works as effectively as the original. Josh Allder, Grady Bolan, Sean Nagle and Allison Redington were granted this rare opportunity last semester aboard the Okeanos Explorer, a research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Released: 14-Jan-2019 10:05 AM EST
Ryan Institute at URI Receives Approval for Clinical Trial Targeting the Blood Vessels in Alzheimer’s Disease
University of Rhode Island

In a pioneering clinical trial that will attack Alzheimer’s disease by targeting inflammation in the brain’s blood vessels, researchers at the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience have received regulatory approval to initiate the BEACON Study.

Released: 3-Jan-2019 10:05 AM EST
URI scientists model Anak Krakatau volcano, tsunami to better prepare U.S. for future tsunamis
University of Rhode Island

The recent eruption of Anak Krakatau – which means “son of Krakatau” – is providing URI researchers Stephan Grilli and Steven Carey with a new opportunity to gain additional insights and create models that they hope will help the United States better prepare for future tsunamis.

Released: 4-Sep-2018 12:05 PM EDT
R.I. Schools Offer Dual Degree in Pharmacy, Physician Assistant Studies
University of Rhode Island

URI Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students can apply to Johnson & Wales’ Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (MSPAS) program after completing their fourth year of the six-year pharmacy program. Applications began in the spring.

Released: 28-Aug-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Graduate School of Oceanography Hosts NASA-Led Exploration of Deep Sea
University of Rhode Island

Scientists with a NASA-led expedition are operating from the Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography as colleagues explore the deep Pacific Ocean to prepare to search for life in deep space.

   
Released: 17-Aug-2018 3:20 PM EDT
Researcher Develops New Contaminant Detection Technique for Blood Thinner Heparin
University of Rhode Island

In 2008, a contaminant eluded the quality safeguards in the pharmaceutical industry and infiltrated a large portion of the supply of the popular blood thinner heparin, sickening hundreds and killing about 100 in the U.S.

   
Released: 17-Aug-2018 3:20 PM EDT
Research Indicates Long-Legged Lizards Better Adapted for Hurricane Survival
University of Rhode Island

Jason Kolbe has been thinking about hurricanes and lizards for many years. The University of Rhode Island professor of biological sciences has measured the length of lizard legs and the size of their toe pads to assess how those factors influence the animal’s ability to cling to vegetation during strong storms. He even used a powerful leaf blower to test his hypotheses in a laboratory.

Released: 10-Aug-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Four URI scientists among 100 researchers on NASA-led expedition to North Pacific
University of Rhode Island

Four scientists from the University of Rhode Island are among 100 researchers from 30 institutions who shipped out of Seattle today to embark on a month-long expedition to study microscopic organisms that live deep in the ocean and play a critical role in removing carbon dioxide from Earth’s atmosphere.

Released: 19-Jul-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Study: ADHD Drugs Do Not Improve Cognition in Healthy College Students
University of Rhode Island

Contrary to popular belief across college campuses, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications may fail to improve cognition in healthy students and actually can impair functioning, according to a study by researchers at the University of Rhode Island and Brown University.

Released: 19-Jul-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Origami-Inspired Device Enables Easy Capture, Release of Delicate Underwater Organisms
University of Rhode Island

The open ocean is the largest and least explored environment on Earth, estimated to hold up to a million species that have yet to be described. However, many of those organisms are soft-bodied — like jellyfish, squid, and octopus — and are difficult to capture for study with existing underwater tools, which all too frequently damage or destroy them.



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